Folding bed or cradle



(No Model 0. A. FENNER. FOLDING BED 0R CRADLE. No. 406,715. PatentedJuly 9. 1889.

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CHARLES A. FENNER, OF MYSTIC RIVER, CONNECTICUT.

FOLDING BED 0R CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,715, dated July 9,1889.

Application filed March 15,1889. Serial No. 303,440. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FENNER, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Mystic River, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have inventedinew and useful Improvements in FoldingCradles or Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding cradle or bed; and by means of thisinvention a simple andeconomical structure is obtained, as set forth inthe following specification and claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of acradle open. Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. l, the cradle being closedor folded. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan-view along lineao m, Fig. 1','thefabric L beingpartly broken away. Fig. 4 is an end view of a cradle.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letters A A indicate the ends forming,respectively,the head-board and toot-board of the device. The ends A A have rockers aa to support the device; but the rockers can be replaced by legs, so asto form a bed or crib. The ends are joined by sides each composed oflattice-work or lazytongs formed in two sections, one section composedof the rods B, the other of the rods C. Said sections B C are joined bypins or pivots D.

The lattice-sections B are jointed at E to brackets G, projectingfromthe upper portions of rods 11 H, that are supported at the opposite endsof the end pieces A A at both ends of the crib, and the sections C arejointed at F to the brackets K, which are adapted to slide along saidrods. The brackets G are held fixed on the rods H by stops I, while thebrackets K can move or slide along said rods and rest at differentpoints along said rods according as the cradle is open or closed, asseen in Figs. 1 and 2.

The cross-bars M are suspended by arms N from the pivots that connectthe lattice-sections B and C where they cross each other. The flexiblefabric L is secured to the ends A and to the bars M, the latter beingpassed through pockets formed in the fabric. As the bars M are suspendedindependent of one another, they can swing into position to let thefabric L be tightly stretched when the cradle is open. The bars M andfabric L can support a mattress and bedding. By having the bars Mindependent of one another a lattice connection between said bars isdispensed with, thus making the device light and cheap and not liable toget out of order.

By extending the rods II over the ends A, so as to form loops or archesO, the device is strengthened and the loops 0 can also serve to supporta canopy or mosquito-net. A single strip of metal can readily be shapedso as to form a loop 0 and rods I-I.

- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cradle composed of the ends A A, having vertical rods H II attachedthereto, the upper brackets G G, stationary on said rods, the lowerbrackets K K, adapted to slide on said rods, the sides composed offolding sections B C, pivoted together in the form of lattice-work orlazy-tongs, and jointed tosaid upper and lower brackets, the arms N N,suspended from pivoted connections of the lattice-work, the cross-bars MM, supported by the lower ends of said arms, and the flexible fabric L,attached to the ends A A, and cross-bars M M, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the ends A A, the rods H H, attached to said endsand extended over the same to form loops 0 O, the brackets G G,stationary on said rods, the brackets K K, movable on said rods, and thesides composed of the folding-sections B C, pivoted to gether in theform of a lattice-work or lazytongs and jointed to the said. brackets,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have 11 ereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing wit- DQSSGS.

CHARLES A. FENNER. \Vitnesscs:

LoUIs P. ALLYN, WM. ELLERY MAXSON.

